Embedding Acoustic Analysis in Landscape Architecture Design Processes: A Case Study of Munich Airport
Noise is the number two environmental health risk in Europe. With the majority of the world’s inhabitants residing in ever-growing cities, urban noise impacts an increasing number of people. Urban airports significantly contribute to urban noise, and their spatial effects far exceed their boundaries...
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| author | Karen Lee Bar-Sinai Tom Shaked Elif Simge Fettahoglu Jochen Krimm Benedikt Boucsein |
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| description | Noise is the number two environmental health risk in Europe. With the majority of the world’s inhabitants residing in ever-growing cities, urban noise impacts an increasing number of people. Urban airports significantly contribute to urban noise, and their spatial effects far exceed their boundaries. While indoor acoustic mitigation in architecture is growingly addressed using parametric tools, there is limited research on mitigating noise with digital means through landscape and urban design. Moreover, there is a lack of methods for ameliorating urban noise through ground-forming. To address this, this paper contributes a novel method for integrating acoustic analysis in parametric landscape-forming. The method includes collecting on-line and on-site noise data, developing alternative landscape formations for mitigating noise, and evaluating design alternatives within a single digital design environment. This method was applied using research by design and examined on a case-study site adjacent to the Munich Airport. Three landform landscape designs for a park are developed, and their acoustic performance is compared. The results indicate the possibility of integrating acoustic considerations in landscape architecture, and the method provides a step-by-step guide for doing so. This capacity also promotes the long-term goal of increasing the environmental performance of urban grounds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f352eac7ef3b410c82e2ae040497f23e2023-11-30T21:30:30ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092023-01-0113114310.3390/buildings13010143Embedding Acoustic Analysis in Landscape Architecture Design Processes: A Case Study of Munich AirportKaren Lee Bar-Sinai0Tom Shaked1Elif Simge Fettahoglu2Jochen Krimm3Benedikt Boucsein4Urban Design, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyUrban Design, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyUrban Design, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyDepartment 1, Architecture, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, 60318 Frankfurt am Main, GermanyUrban Design, Technical University of Munich, 80333 Munich, GermanyNoise is the number two environmental health risk in Europe. With the majority of the world’s inhabitants residing in ever-growing cities, urban noise impacts an increasing number of people. Urban airports significantly contribute to urban noise, and their spatial effects far exceed their boundaries. While indoor acoustic mitigation in architecture is growingly addressed using parametric tools, there is limited research on mitigating noise with digital means through landscape and urban design. Moreover, there is a lack of methods for ameliorating urban noise through ground-forming. To address this, this paper contributes a novel method for integrating acoustic analysis in parametric landscape-forming. The method includes collecting on-line and on-site noise data, developing alternative landscape formations for mitigating noise, and evaluating design alternatives within a single digital design environment. This method was applied using research by design and examined on a case-study site adjacent to the Munich Airport. Three landform landscape designs for a park are developed, and their acoustic performance is compared. The results indicate the possibility of integrating acoustic considerations in landscape architecture, and the method provides a step-by-step guide for doing so. This capacity also promotes the long-term goal of increasing the environmental performance of urban grounds.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/143performative designlandscape architectureurban designurban acousticsnoise mitigation |
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| title | Embedding Acoustic Analysis in Landscape Architecture Design Processes: A Case Study of Munich Airport |
| title_full | Embedding Acoustic Analysis in Landscape Architecture Design Processes: A Case Study of Munich Airport |
| title_fullStr | Embedding Acoustic Analysis in Landscape Architecture Design Processes: A Case Study of Munich Airport |
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| title_short | Embedding Acoustic Analysis in Landscape Architecture Design Processes: A Case Study of Munich Airport |
| title_sort | embedding acoustic analysis in landscape architecture design processes a case study of munich airport |
| topic | performative design landscape architecture urban design urban acoustics noise mitigation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/1/143 |
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